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Zrinka Bralo
Executive Director
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Our Voices on Policy and Integration
Integration is, and has always been, on our agenda. It is core to our work and the goal of our members. Earlier in 2011, the Home Secretary announced that the Coalition Government was developing a new integration strategy of which a draft has been bouncing between departments and yet to surface.
On Monday, we will release [...]
Is Ethics Still A Meaningful Word In The British Press?
MRCF has written a report to draw the attention of the Leveson Inquiry to the practices of certain sections of the British press in reporting immigration and protection (asylum) issues. In particular, we have highlighted the failure of the press to provide the British public with accurate, objective and factual information, raising serious concerns about [...]
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The Forum: Annual Review 2010-11
The nature of our work at the Forum – urgent daily interventions to make the lives of migrants and refugees better – can sometimes make it difficult to determine how our efforts help deliver long term change for the better. The year behind us is an exception to this rule.
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What Is The Price Of Justice?
MRCF's event in February about Legal Aid cuts and Migrants
Burdened by serious concerns for our jobs and livelihoods, deafened by screaming headlines about scandals in the Murdoch press, we are all in danger of becoming silent bystanders in a process of systematic damage to a fundamental principle of our society – access to justice.
The [...]
Why Working With Citizens UK Works For Me
When I was refused asylum in the UK in 1994, having fled besieged Sarajevo, I was in complete shock. I was severely traumatised, having lived under mortar and sniper fire for 535 days, with no food, water or electricity. Instead of finding sanctuary, I encountered hostility. For a period of time I had all my [...]
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Postcard from America
I’ve spent two weeks in early May in New York and Washington as a guest of the Women’s Refugee Commission. This year I was awarded their annual ‘Voices of Courage’ award for my work with urban refugees in London. I was very excited and honoured to be recipient of this award on behalf of my colleagues and members [...]
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Immigration is neither good nor bad
MRCF’s Executive Director, Zrinka Bralo’s blog is featured in today’s Comment is Free on the Guardian. To see Zrinka’s original post, visit guardian.co.uk.
The failure of politicians like David Cameron to see immigration as neutral perpetuates a circular debate of numbers, controls and blame
David Cameron’s speech on Thursday was a perfect example of everything that is [...]
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Big Society or Good Society? Size Does Not Matter With Justice
The pace of change in our communities, as well as the uncertainties of the impact of public spending cuts, are more than many of us can make sense of, or indeed cope with. The only certainty in our monetary-led system that perpetuates materialism seem to be bankers’ bonuses.
It was therefore too tempting to miss the [...]
Morgan Jean Baptiste – A True Friend of MRCF
MRCF remembers our good friend, Morgan Jean Baptiste, who passed away on December 23, 2010. Morgan was a regular contributor to MRCF activities and an active member in our community. Morgan added his talents to MRCF’s projects by working closely on our Moroccan Memories Oral History project, Most Mira Youth Arts Festival, and with our mentoring programme.
MRCF members and staff fondly remember Morgan as [...]
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No Volunteering Required For Citizenship
MRCF marks victory after Government abolishes Earned Citizenship policy
It is not often that we claim a victory in persuading governments to overturn their policies. But this month, MRCF won a victory with the recent decision by the UK government to abandon the Earned Citizenship policy that would have come into force next year.
MRCF identified the [...]
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